A drama can be every bit as compelling on the screen as it can be on the page. Dramatic movies and tv shows are in high demand, and the drama often works its way into other genres, with examples like Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad serving as shining beacons. Back in the world of the written word, dramatic books are enjoying a resurgence, not just in contemporary works but going as far back in time as the era of Shakespeare, which one could argue never went out of fashion.
In all of the praise and popularity that drama is enjoying, however, it’s worth remembering one of its many other forms: The radio drama. Radio dramas may trace their roots back as early as the 1880s, but it wasn’t until the 1920s that radio stations began producing and broadcasting shows regularly. It took a mere decade for radio dramas to begin flourishing in the 1930s, and by the 1940s radio dramas were a leading form of popular entertainment on an international scale.
With any rise must come a fall, and at the dawn of the 21st century radio dramas were all but forgotten, with few new shows being produced and those that were rebroadcast serving mostly as filler. Enter the age of the podcast: With content reaching a new level of global accessibility, not to mention an ease of production, the radio drama enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, albeit in a slightly different form, and now appears as if it’s here to stay.
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